NZB South Island Sale Sunday

New Zealand Bloodstock’s
newly formed South Island Session of the National Yearling
Sales Series will be held this Sunday 13 April with the
hammer to fall on the first Lot at11am.

The South Island Sale has traditionally been
a sale of two-year-olds and mixed bloodstock held in August
but the South Island’s annual harvest has now become a
sale of yearlings and mixed bloodstock in April.South
Island graduates have performed at the highest level in
recent seasons. Talented sprinter Natuzzi (NZ) (Coats
Choice) claimed back-to-back Listed Lightning Handicaps last
month and was runner-up in the Group 1 Telegraph Handicap
earlier in the season.

There are 150 yearlings in
the main catalogue along with two entries through the
supplementary catalogue. There are 54 sires represented at
the Sale from both the North & South Islands along with
Australian based stallions.Along with Natuzzi other notable
performers include Group 2 Wellington Cup winner and dual
Group 3 New Zealand Cup winner Blood Brotha (NZ)
(Danzighill), Group 3 Taranaki Cup winner Capone (NZ) (Al
Akbar) and Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Sprint winner Pizzazz
(NZ) (Bertolini).

Strong representation by leading South
Island sires include Natuzzi’s sire Coats Choice with 11 yearlings
catalogued, leading South Island filly Include (NZ) has won
two stakes races this season for her sire Gallant Guru who has seven horses
entered and this year’s leading sire at the Karaka Select
Sale Raise the Flagis represented by 13
yearlings including Lot 85 who is out of a half-sister to
the dam of Group 1 Auckland Cup winner Who Shot Thebarman
(NZ) (Yaminan Vital).

Some of the North Island’s best
sires are also represented including last season’s
Champion Sire in New Zealand O’Reilly who is represented
by Lot 67 and Savabeel, the sire of Lot 141, a half-brother to Listed winner
Dozintmateranyway (Danske).

Among the nine siblings to
stakes winners is Lot 28, a half-brother to Group 1 Galaxy
Handicap winner Proprietor (Belong to Me) by Sufficient, and
Lot 89, a half-brother to Group 1 winner
Hurrah (Bahhare) by Saperavi.

Also to be auctioned at the
Sale is a weanling, two-year-olds, unraced stock, racehorses
and broodmares.

For news and sales information from New
Zealand Bloodstock visitwww.nzb.co.nz.

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